The news arrives in the most vallenato way possible: "Me contó un colibrà que me piensas dejar" [A hummingbird told me you are planning to leave me]. The whole song keeps that bird imagery going. He wishes he could stop her flight, even be "la tormenta que te evite despegar" [the storm that keeps you from taking off], but he admits the choice is hers: "Está en tus alas si te quedas o te vas" [It is up to your wings whether you stay or go].
The second half is gloriously over the top. He says history will remember "que este hombre murió por ti" [that this man died for you], and describes a house gone quiet: the birds no longer wake him up and "ni mi perro juega al bobo" [not even my dog plays the fool]. That dog detail is the best line in the song. The chorus explains the title, "Mi segunda vida eres tú" [You are my second life], and the last line tops it all: "vivo, muero y resucito por ti" [I live, die and come back to life for you].